The City of Hobart is giving away more than 4000 plants to supercharge the growth in nature strip gardening across Hobart as part of this year’s free nature strip plants giveaway program.
Five lucky households will also receive a trailer load of free mulch from the City of Hobart nursery, a bucket of biochar and an established tree to plant in their garden and help grow Hobart’s tree canopy.
Hobart Lord Mayor Anna Reynolds said since launching our free nature strip plants program in 2023 we have seen a real surge in nature strip gardening.
“Individuals, families and even entire neighbourhoods are getting together to turn boring old nature strips into beautiful gardens that can be enjoyed by the entire community,” she said.
“People are embracing native gardens as well as beautiful flowering plants like lavender and grevilleas, which feed our pollinators and draw in native birds.
“In just two years we have given away close to 8000 plants grown which are cared for at our nursery before finding new homes in Hobart neighbourhoods.
“This year we hope to see even more people take up our offer of 20 free plants for every household.
“And if you’ve received plants from this program in the past we are encouraging you to apply again to restock your nature strip with fresh plants.”
